Worship Wednesday: Great is His Faithfulness!

August 31, 2011 By

I don’t know where you are in life, but lately I’ve been feeling the heat of the fire. I’d like to share these verses with you this morning.

He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood. He has also broken my teeth with gravel, and covered me with ashes. You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity. And I said, “My strength and my hope have perished from the LORD.”

Remember my affliction and roaming, the wormwood and the gall. My soul still remembers and stinks within me. This I recall to mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I hope in Him!”  Lamentations 3:15-24 (emphasis mine)

We have hope, no matter our circumstances! We have hope, and we can rest in Him. Even when we’re drinking the wormwood, even when we’re filled with bitterness, when we’re moved far from peace, and when we question it all, we can hope in Him. His compassions fail not. His mercies are new every morning! Great is His faithfulness!!

At times, that’s all that I can cling to. Even amid the hurt, the pain, and the confusion, He hasn’t left me. He loves me. He works all things together for good to them that love Him, to those who are the called, according to His purpose! (Romans 8:28, emphasis mine) He is good, even when I doubt and flounder. And He is good even when I can’t see how.

Trusting in His faithfulness,

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  • Rebecca

    I want to ‘copy/paste’ your entire post into my brain….true words to live by and remember. I was just on a blog where the sweet Mom shared that over the summer, they lost everything….but, she’s still encouraging others….oh, the heart aches of this world….yet…we find peace when we focus on him….on that which is eternal! Thank you for this post!

    • Jeniffer

      Thank you, Rebecca. It can be so very hard, especially because while we are eternal beings, we’re programmed to think of today and now. Now hurts, but eternity? Ahh…the peace that comes with that image!

  • http://www.uniquefamilyvision.com Tammy

    Yes! We have all our Hope rested in Him. Without Him, I don’t know where I would be. Thanks for linking up today with such an encouraging word. Have a blessed week!

    • Jeniffer

      Thank you, Tammy. And, yes, without Him, how lost I would be!

  • http://blackpurlsknitpickings.blogspot.com Alida

    I am so grateful for the hope we have in Him!

    • Jeniffer

      Me too, Alida!

  • http://www.joybright.blogspot.com Joyfull

    Wow! Very powerful Word. But’therefore I have hope’. What a great reminder for today. Thank you for sharing.

    • Jeniffer

      Yes! Definitely hanging on to the “Therefore I have hope” part today! :)

  • http://naturalmommas.blogspot.com Rebecca

    Love this.

    <3

    • Jeniffer

      So glad that you stopped by! :)

  • http://sharonstimewithgod.blogspot.com Sharon

    Praise God for His faithfulness! Thank you for this encouragement.

    • Jeniffer

      Yes!! He is SO good! Thank you for visiting. :)

  • http://praisesofawifeandmommy.blogspot.com Praising Mom

    Great post! Found you through the Worship Wednesday blog hop. :)

    New follower and looking forward to many more of your encouraging posts!

    • Jeniffer

      Thank you! We love our Worship Wednesday blog hop! Thanks for stopping by, and we look forward to seeing more of you!

  • http://www.madamerubies.com Heather Truett

    So true, and so hard. The Psalms are often where I turn for comfort, b/c David (and the other writers of Psalms) did not hide the bad parts. It is okay to be honest in prayer, to yell at God. He can take it. And, there is hope. There is always hope.

    • Jeniffer

      Yes, Heather! I love the Psalms too, especially the ones where there is no answer at the end. So powerful! I’m always thankful for the hope that we have in Him but even moreso when it’s the hardest.

  • http://www.savannahmcqueen.blogspot.com Savannah McQueen

    Well said…and in the holding on to Him that we take our eyes off of the cumbersome painful situations. Our four is on our faith in God and not the problem. When we focus on the problem they grow and consume us. When we focus on Him we receive peace that is beyond human understanding. Thanks for a great post…I needed to hear this and be reminded of it.

    • Jeniffer

      Savannah, thank you for sharing that truth! I needed to be reminded of that today especially. So often I find myself overwhelmed by the problem and not overwhelmed by God’s goodness. It’s only when I’m focusing on His great goodness that I find the peace that passes all understanding. :) Thank you for visiting and commenting!